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Tips for brains like yours

ADHD strategies, focus techniques, and gentle productivity tips. Written by Nori, for you.

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How to Build a Dopamine Menu for Your ADHD Brain

Learn how to build a dopamine menu for your ADHD brain. Organize tasks by energy, not priority, and finally start without the guilt.

Dec 18, 20257 min read

ADHD Focus

ADHD Waiting Mode: Why You Can't Do Anything Before The Thing

You have an appointment at 3pm. So the entire morning is unusable. That's ADHD waiting mode. Here's why it happens and how to break free.

Jan 2, 202610 min read

ADHD Focus

ADHD Paralysis: Why Your Brain Freezes (And How to Unfreeze It)

Staring at a task but can't move? ADHD paralysis is real. Here's what's happening in your brain, why it's not laziness, and what actually helps you get unstuck.

Dec 30, 202510 min read

Productivity

Body Doubling for ADHD: Why Having Someone There Actually Helps

Can't focus alone? Body doubling uses the power of presence to help ADHD brains start and finish tasks. Here's what it is, why it works, and how to try it.

Dec 28, 20258 min read

ADHD Focus

ADHD Time Blindness: Why Time Feels Broken

Minutes vanish. Hours stretch. Your brain doesn't process time like a clock. Here's what time blindness actually is and what helps.

Dec 22, 20257 min read

Mental Wellness

The Wall of Awful: Why Easy Tasks Feel Impossible with ADHD

That 5-minute task feels impossible? It's not the task. It's the Wall of Awful - years of emotions piled around it. Here's what that means and what helps.

Dec 20, 20259 min read

ADHD Focus

Why You Can't Start Tasks with ADHD: What Actually Helps

Staring at your to-do list but can't start? That's not laziness. It's your brain's wiring. Here's what's actually happening and what helps.

Dec 19, 20257 min read

Productivity

Why Your To-Do List Isn't Working (What To Try Instead)

You've tried every productivity system. None of them stick. It's not a discipline problem. It's a design problem. Here's what actually works.

Dec 16, 20257 min read

Mental Wellness

You're Not Lazy. You're Exhausted.

You've been called lazy your whole life. You've probably called yourself lazy too. But what if that's not what's happening at all?

Dec 14, 20257 min read